Km3-Excursions on Capacities

By MVRDV

Three-dimensionality can be seen as architecture's fundamental existence, the profession's acclaimed domain. In times of globalism and scale enlargement, an update of this definition seems needed: metres turn into kilometres, M3 becomes KM3. KM3 is a story about a world that is getting dense. Very dense. It constructs its logical response: a city that is denser. A city that is continuously under construction, with space for limitless capacities, populations. Beyond scarcity. Beyond separation. Beyond pessimism and protectionism. The 3D City. A free-fall in endless space. From right to left, from front to back, from above to below. Pure depth. KM3 is more a construct than an analysis. KM3 is a hypothesis, a theoretical city, a possible urban theory. KM3 can also be seen as a science-fiction novel, a twin pair that describes this upcoming city as an emerging presence, an already existing 'other' world. The book includes a DVD of animations and two urban planning software programs by MVRDV.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8495951851
• ISBN13: 9788495951854
• Release Date: December 1899
• Publisher: Actar
• Length: 1408 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.8" x 6.1" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher